Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-02

Gold Medals Presented to Mclean
Scadden and Pinaglia.
V;rosa;o TLron;rTs

Curry fire, visited the Washoe Club
rooms, where they found assembled the
following prominent residents OF the
Comstock:
H. M. Levy, Archie Mcdonnell, Super.
intendent D. B. Lyman, James G. Rule,
Henry Rolfe. A. L. Edwards, P. H.
Ford, Rodger Pendergast. J. c. Hamp-
ton, r. P. Heating, Archie Borland,
Judge Richard Rising, A. G. Hamilton
and others.
The visitors were cordially welcomed,
and after partaking Of liquid refresh.
ments with their hosts were requested to
sit down and await the arrival Of George
R. Wells, President OF the Gould &
Curry aud Best & Belcher Mining Com.
panies. who was in the city and DESTROYS
of learning the details of the occurrences
Immediately succeeding the breaking out
of the fire in the former mine.
PRESIDENT WELLS ADDRESS.
In a few moments Mr.. Wells arrived
and after being introduced to the trio of
heroes by Henry Rolfe, local secretary
of the companies, addressed them as fol-
lows:
At the annual election Of the Best l.
Belcher Mining Company, held July IL,
the stockholders passed a vote of thanks
to William H. Patton, Superintendent of
the Consolidated California and Virginia
Mining Company, and his foreman, Will
lam Harper, for "the efficient, intelli.
gent and unceasing work done by them
for the benefit of the unfortunate men
confined on the 1900 level Of the Best &
Belcher by reason of the FIRE in the Bon
ner shaft"
The stockholders also passed a vote of
thanks to Robert P. Heating, Superin.
tendent or the Savage; Rodger Fender.
CAST and Daniel Grant, for "distin.
guished bravery shown by them in rescu.
ing, at the risk of their own lives, the
men on the 800 level"
The stockholders also passed a vote OF
thanks "to all the noble men who as
sisted and worked in the drifts in the
long and painful search for the men con.
fined in the Best & Belcher NINE"
The Gould & Curry fire, on the Oath of
last June, startled the entire Coast, and
spread a cloud of sorrow over Nevada.
In the darkness of this night of danger
that hung over the Comstock shown the
calm, serene light Of the star Of true
generosity.
The people Of the Pacific Coast were
not unmindful of their obligation. The
large and bountiful donations made to the
families of the unfortunate men who per-
ished in the mine have attested the sym.
patty Of California and Nevada, and
placed the bereaved women and children
beyond the reach of poverty and physical
suffering.
Now that the poor and unfortunate
have been, in a measure, provided for, it
is just that we should turn our attention
to some of the living heroes in that
tragic calamity and make acknowledg.
ment of their services.
The bravery and loyal devotion of
miners to their imperiled brothers is de.
serving of more than a mere passing
recognition.
From the dawn of civilization bravery
and heroism have been admired, re.
warded and honored. Every land has
had its heroes, and the song of their
brave deeds has been the joy and pride
of the people. Bravery has been the
theme of the historian and the song of
the poet. II has compelled respect and
honor from Kings and Emperors. 1t has
gained the admiration and love of m
The fascination inspired by the unselfsh
triumph of "the strong arm and stout
is one of the touches of nature
that makes us all akin.
OF all men that the world has crowned
as heroes, none have risen so high as
those who for ~humanity's sake have
sought to save human life. The unselfsh
man who imperils his own life to save
that of another is infinitely grander than
is he who, under the impulse and mad.
ness of battle, leads an army to victory
through storms of shot and shell. In the
language of the Holy Scripture: Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends" The
of the Gould & Curry fire demon.
that ON the Comstock there were
brave men ready and willing to submit
to this cruel test. In their desire to save
human life volunteers FASTENED to go
almost certain death awaited
them. In the "Rescue Drift" during
that long and terrible battle with hard
rock, great heat and deadly gas, there
were many heroes. OF the two men
Lorenzo Pinaglia and William Scadden-
who went down the burning shaft on the
cage into the very jaws of death to
rescue the men imprisoned on the 1900,
and of the heroic conduct Of John Nc
Lean, the engineer whose hand grasped
the lever waiting in that binding. suf-
smoke for the touch of the in
dicator to tell him what his eyes could
not see, what shall we say? Who IA
listen to the story Of their superb bravery
and not appreciate the knightly heart
beats under the blue shirt Of the
Comstock miner?
A few mining men of Nevada Block,
admiring the distinguished bravery of
Lorenzo Pinaglia. John Mclean and
William Scadden, have caused three gold
to be struck off in commemora.
tion of their herosim on the Oath day of
- 1907